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THE  LIBRARY 

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THE  UNIVERSITY 
OF  CALIFORNIA 


REPORTS 


OP  THE 


TERRITORIAL 


TREASURER,  AUDITOR, 


AND   BOARD    OP 


PRISON   COMMISSIONERS, 


TO   THE 


CARSON    CITY: 
JOHN    CHURCH,    STATE    PRINTER. 

1865. 


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R  E  P  O  R  T 


OF    THE 


STATE  TEEASUEER. 


REPORT 


STATE  OF  NEVADA,  TREASURER'S  DEPARTMENT,          ) 
CARSON  CITY,  November  30th,  1864.  j 

To  the  Honorable  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  : 

Gentlemen — I  have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith  a  full  and  detailed 
account  of  all  transactions  in  this  Department  from  the  thirty-first  day 
of  December,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-three  to  the  thirty- 
first  day  of  October,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-four, 
inclusive,  at  which  last  date  the  Territorial  Government  gave  place  to 
that  of  the  "  State  of  Nevada." 

Since  the  close  of  the  Territorial  Government,  and  up  to  my 
retirement  from  the  office,  the  transactions  have  been  very  light,  the 
total  amount  received  into  the  treasury  being  one  hundred  and  sixty 
(160)  dollars — one  hundred  (100)  dollars  to  the  credit  of  the  School  Fund, 
and  sixty  (60)  dollars  to  the  credit  of  the  Library  Fund — no  payments 
having  been  made  during  that  time. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

J.  H.  KINKEAD,  Treasurer. 


[A.] 


KECEIPTS 


Into  the  Territorial  Treasury  from  December  31, 1863,  to  October  31,  1864, 

inclusive. 


From  Whom  Received. 

Amount. 

County  Treasurer  of  Douglas  County  

$2,153  62 

County  Treasurer  of  Esmeralda  County  

3,410  96 

County  Treasurer  of  Humboldt  County  

1,365  25 

County  Treasurer  of  Lander  County  

4,685  06 

County  Treasurer  of  Lyon  and  Churchill  Counties  

6,223  78 

County  Treasurer  of  Orrasby  County  , 

5,134  81 

County  Treasurer  of  Storey  County  

53  187  04 

County  Treasurer  of  Washoe  County  

8  461  04 

Toll  roads  and  bridges  

4  557  14 

Secretary  (fees  on  commissions)  

360  00 

Sale  of  Territorial  bonds  

150  000  00 

Sale  of  prison  material  

537  80 

Orion  Clemens,  acting  Governor  e.  

75  44 

Attorneys'  license  (Library  Fund)  

240  00 

Commissions  to  officers  of  Nevada  militia  

54  00 

Total  receipts  

$240,445  94 

[B-] 


PAYMENTS 

From  December  31, 1863,  to  October  31, 1864,  inclusive. 
GOVERNOR'S  OFFICE. 


To  Whom  Paid. 

Amount. 

Salary  of  Governor  

$1,750  00 

Salary  Private  Secretary  1862  and  1863  

2,400  00 

Special  contingents  1862,  1863  and  1864  

4,397  50 

Printing,  1862,  1863  and  1864  

970  50 

Total  

$9,518  00 

AUDITOR'S    OFFICE. 


To  Whom  Paid. 


Amount. 


Salary  of  Auditor,  1863  and  1864 

Salary  of  Clerk,  1863  and  1864 

Kent  of  office  and  contingent  expenses, 

Total.. 


$2,750  00 
1,600  00 
1,383  75 


$5,733  75 


TREASURER'S  OFFICE. 


To  Whom  Paid. 


Amount. 


Treasurer's  fees,  1863  and  1864 89,448  77 

Salary  of  Clerk,  1863  and  1864 1,350  00 

Bent  of  office  and  contingent  expenses 1,485  00 

Total ]  $12,283  77 

SECRETARY'S  OFFICE. 

To  Whom  Paid.  Amount. 

Salary  of  Secretary  of  the  Territory,  1863  and  1864 $2,266  67 

Pay  for  copying  records  of  the  several  counties 11,421  85 

Total $13,688  52 

ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 

To  Whom  Paid.  Amount. 

Salary  of  Adjutant  General,  1863  and  1864 $1,733  50 

Contingent  expenses 45  00 

Total $1,788  50 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

To  Whom  Paid.  Amount. 

Salary  of  Superintendent,  1863  and  1864 $1,800  00 

Traveling  expenses  of  Superintendent,  1863  and  1864 703  05 

Total , $2,503  05 

SUPREME  COURT. 

To  Whom  Paid.  Amount. 

Salary  of  Judges,  1862,  1863  and  1864 $29,092  23 

Sheriff's  attendance 289  00 

Total  . .  $29,381  23 


TERRITORIAL  PRISON. 


To  Whom  Paid. 


Amount. 


Support  of  Prison  1862 $3,500  00 

Support  of  Prison  14  months,  ending  Feb.  28,  1864 10,000  00 

Support  of  Prison  since  Feb.  28,  1864 6,976  12 

Amount  paid  for  building 3,658  36 

Legal  services  settling  titles  to  Prison  lands 500  00 

Total $24,634  48 

* 

LEGISLATURE. 

To  Whom  Paid.  Amount. 

Pay  of  attaches  of  Legislature  of  1861 $480  00 

Per  diem  of  members  of  Legislature,  1862 8,960  00 

Pay  of  officers  and  clerks,  1862 ; 7,192  00 

Per  diem  of  members  of  Legislature,  1864 9,180  00 

Pay  of  officers  and  clerks,  1864 10,110  10 

Total $35,922  10 

DISTRICT  ATTORNEYS,  ETC. 

To  Whom  Paid.  Amount. 

Salaries  of  District  Attorneys,  1862  and  1863 $7,304  20 

Salary  of  U.  S.  District  Attorney 404  12 

Salary  of  U.  S.  Marshal 1,000  00 

Total $8,708  32 

INTEREST  ON  BONDS,  1862. 

To  Whom  Paid.  Amount. 

Payment  of  Coupons $1,750  00 

INTEREST  ON  BONDS,  1864. 

Payment  of  coupons $13,500  00 

Interest  on  Auditor's  warrants 2,513  82 

[NOTE. — No  interest  has  been  paid  upon  Auditor's  warrants,  except  as  directed  bylaw..] 

SCHOOLS. 

To  Whom  Paid.  Amount. 

For  support  of  schools $9,876  88 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


To  Whom  Paid. 


Amount. 


Eedemption  of  bonds  of  1862 

Accounts  paid  under  laws  of  Legislature  of  18G1,  for  ex- 
pense in  criminal  prosecutions  prior  to  the  complete 
organization  of  the  Territory,  and  for  the  expenses  of 
the  first  election  . 


Total 


$5,000  00 
3,548  33 


1,548  33 


APPROPRIATIONS  BY  LEGISLATURE  OF  1861. 


To  Whom  Paid. 


BY  LEGISLATURE  OF  1862. 


Amount. 


Adolphus  Waitz  

$295  40 

George  Downey  ,  

192  00 

"W.  R.  Mann  

184  00 

Cyrus  Adams   

364  20 

S.  Wasserman  

260  50 

Sarah  A.  Blackburn  

7,754  16 

George  L.  Gibson   

351  00 

Kosenstock  &  Price  

300  00 

Commissioner  to  World's  Fair  

500  00 

Total  

$10,201  26 

To  Whom  Paid. 


Amount. 


Thomas  Mormon                               

$300  00 

250  00 

753  50 

693  50 

936  50 

E.  H.  Marsh                                  

240  00 

John  W  Grier  

500  00 

640  00 

Constitutional  Convention      

1,084  00 

2,000  00 

1,000  00 

Total  

$8,397  50 

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APPROPRIATIONS  BY  LEGISLATURE,  1864. 


To  Whom  Paid. 


Amount. 


Constitutional  Convention $5,472  37 

D.  J.  Gasherie 1,902  25 

John  Church  &  Co 1,000  00 

John  K.  Lovejoy 500  00 

H.  L.  Joachimsen 1,000  00 

W.  Y.  Kingsbury 172  00 

Butler  Ives 3,000  00 

W.  Hill  Naleigh 1,500  00 

John  E.  Ward 1,200  00 

W.  M.  Gillespie 1,635  00 

Mason,  Hull  &  Co 720  00 

M.  Kelly 250  00 

P.  G.  Childs 2,375  00 

Engraving  and  negotiating  bonds 1,000  00 

Express  charges  on  coin 565  06 

Territorial  Prison  Bond  No.  1,  redeemed 20,000  00 

Furniture  for  Auditor's  and  Treasurer's  offices,  1862 286  50 

Total $42,578  18 

Total  payments $241,517  69 


[C.]  STATEMENT 

Of  the  Condition  of  the  Several  Funds,  October  31,  1864. 


Dr. 


GENERAL  FUND. 


To  cash  paid  for  redemption  of  warrants  and  bonds  from 
December  31, 1863,  to  October  31,  1864 $231,595  81 

To  five  per  cent  of  property  tax  transferred  to  School 

Fund 3,986  21 

To  balance  . ,  362  49 


$235,944  51 


Or. 


By  balance  December  31,  1863, 

By  receipts  from  taxes , 

By  sale  of  Territorial  bonds  . . , 
By  sale  of  Prison  material. 


$821  23 

84,585  33 

150,000  00 

537  80 


$235,944  51 


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Dr. 


SCHOOL  FUND. 


To  cash  distributed  to  the  several  counties $9,876  88 

To  balance 250  82 

810,127  70 

Cr. 

By  balance  December  31,  1863 $1,224  35 

By  amount  received  from  tax  on  toll  roads  and  bridges. . .  4,917  14 

By  amount  from  General  Fund , 3,986  21 

$10,127  70 

SOLDIERS'  FUND. 
Dr. 

To  balance $120  45 

Cr.  

By  amount  from  Special  tax  of  1864 $120  45 

LIBRARY  FUND. 

Dr. 

Tobalance $368  00 

Cr. 

By  balance  December  31,  1863 ...  $128  00 

By  amount  from  attorneys'  licenses 240  00 

__. $368  00 

RECAPITULATION. 

Cash  in  General  Fund $362  49 

Cash  in  School  Fund 250  82 

Cash  in  Soldier's  Fund 

Cash  in  Library  Fund 368  00 

Total. $1,101  76 


[NOTE. — Of  the  above  amount,  eight  hundred  and  twenty-one 
dollars  ($821  00)  is  in  United  States  Legal  Tender  Notes,  remaining 
over  from  last  year.] 


10 


STATEMENT 
Of  Warrants  Registered  and  Unpaid. 


Amount  registered  prior  to  May  1,  1864       .... 

$  7,318  44 

Amount  registered  subsequently  

31,915  01 

Total  

$39,233  45 

Of  this  amount  there  is  due  : 


For  salaries  of  Territorial  officers 

For  accounts  due  for  support  of  Territorial  Prison 

For  copying  County  .Records .. 

For  expenses  of  first  Constitutional  Convention. . . 

For  appropriations  to  Agricultural  Society 

For  printing  laws 

For  appropriations  and  expenses  of  Legislature. . . 
For  warrants  against  Soldiers'  Fund . . 


Total $39,223  45 


$15,342  25 

3,200  08 
8,802  80 
1,724  00 
2,000  00 
805  00 
3,579  32 
3,870  00 


[NOTE. — A  special  tax  is  levied  for  the  benefit  of  the  "  Soldiers'  Fund," 
ample  to  meet  all  demands  against  it.] 


• 


REPORT  OF  AUDITOR 


REPORT 


OFFICE  OF  TERRITORIAL  AUDITOR,) 

STATE  OF  NEVADA,         > 

CARSON  CITY,  November  30th,  1864.  ) 


To  the  Hon.  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State  of 
Nevada  : 

Gentlemen  —  I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  report  of  the 
operations  of  my  department  from  December  31st,  1863,  to  October 
31st,  1864. 

Tabular  statements  will  be  found  as  follows  : 

[A.] 

Statement  of  receipts  from  December  31st,  1863,  to  October  31st, 
1864. 

[B-] 

Statement  of  warrants  issued  from  December  31st,  1863,  to  October 
31st,  1864. 


Statement  of  balances  in  the  several  Funds  October  30th,  1864. 

[D.] 
Estimate  of  the  amount  of  taxable  property  for  the  year  1864. 

[B.] 
Estimate  of  the  receipts  for  the  year  1865. 

[F.] 

Statement  of  the  amount  of  warrants  issued  since  the  commencement 
of  the  Territorial  Government,  together  with  the  amount  paid. 

[GK] 
Statement  of  the  indebtedness  of  the  Territory  October  31st,  1864. 


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[A.]  STATEMENT 

Of  Receipts  from  all  Sources  from  December  31,  1863,  to  October  31,  1864 


From  Whom  Received. 


Amount. 


Storey  County $53,187  04 

Ormsby  County ,  5,134  81 

Washoe  County , 8,461  04 

Douglass  County 2,153  62 

Humboldt  County , 1,365  25 

Esmeralda  County 3,410  96 

Lander  County 4,685  06 

Lyon  and  Churchill  Counties 6,223  78 

Toll  roads  and  bridges 4,557  14 

Sale  of  stone  at  Prison 537  80 

Sale  of  Territorial  Bonds 150,000  00 

Orion  Clemens,  fees  on  foreign  commissions..  360  00 

From  Orion  Clemens,  acting  Governor 75  44 

From  commissions  to  military  officers 54  00 

Total  receipts $240,205  94 

The  above  amount  is  apportioned  as  follows  : 

General  Fund $235,168  35 

School  Fund 4,917  14 

Soldiers'  Fund 120  45 

Total $240,205  94 


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[B]  STATEMENT 

Of  Warrants  Issued  from  December  31,  1863,  to  October  31, 1864. 

GENERAL  FUND. 


To  Whom  Paid. 


Amount. 


Appropriation  account $23,009  80 

Support  of  Territorial  Prison 15,762  80 

Salaries  of  Territorial  Officers 26,266  86 

Contingent  expenses  of  Executive 4,442  50 

Contingent  expenses  of  Auditor 1,383  75 

Contingent  expenses  of  Treasurer 1,485  00 

Contingent  expenses  of  Superintendent  Public  Instruction  513  00 

Contingent  expenses  of  Adjutant  General 45  00 

Members  of  Legislature,  1864 10,080  00 

Attaches  of  Legislature,  1864 10,230  10 

Territorial  Secretary,  for  copying  County  Eecords 13,294  35 

Interest  on  bonds 15,250  00 

Interest  on  warrants 2,513  82 

Printing  for  Territory 969  00 

Sheriff's  attendance  on  Supreme  Court 168  00 

Territorial  Treasurer's  commissions 9,448  77 

Territorial  Treasurer,  transportation  of  coin 565  06 

Warrant  to  pay  Eeese  bond,  February  1,  1864 5,000  00 

Total $140,427  81 

School  Fund $9,876  88 

Soldiers'  Fund ...  3,780  00 


[0.] 


BALANCE 

In  the  Several  Funds  October  30th,  1864. 


General  Fund. 
School  Fund.. 
Soldiers'  Fund 


Grand  total  in  the  several  Funds 


$362  71 
250  82 
120  45 


$733  98 


P>J 


ESTIMATE 

Of  the  Taxable  Property  for  the    Year  1864. 


No  official  reports  have  been  received,  as  the  Board  of  Equalization 
are  now  in  session,  and  the  exact  amount  cannot  be  ascertained  until 
they  have  completed  their  labors.  The  personal  and  real  property  will 
probably  amount  to  $25,000,000.  The  mines  may  reach  $10,000,000 
more ;  making  a  total  of  taxable  property  of  $35,000,000. 


[B-] 


16 
ESTIMATE 

Of  the  Receipts  for  1865. 


GENERAL   FUND. 

From  property  tax  (thirty  cents  on  the  one  hundred  dollars) 
SOLDIERS'  FUND. 
From  property  tax  (tweny  cents  on  the  one  hundred  dollars) 

SCHOOL   FUND. 

From  tax  on  toll  roads  

$105,000  00 
70,000  00 
5,000  00 

Total  Amount  .  . 

$180,000  00 

[NOTE. — No  allowance  has  been  made  for  delinquencies  and  expenses  of  collection.] 


[P.] 


STATEMENT 


Of  the  amount  of  Warrants  issued  since  the  organization  of  the  Territory,  to- 
gether with  the  amount  paid : 


Total  amount  issued  

$303,363  38 

Total  amount  paid  «... 

264,252  91 

Balance  unpaid  

$39,110  47 

Bonds  paid  to  M.  Reese  

5,000  00 

20,000  00 

Total  amount  

25,000  00 

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[G.]  STATEMENT 

Of  the  Indebtedness  of  the  Territory,  Oct.  Wth,  1864. 


Territorial  warrants  unpaid.. 

Bonds  to  M.  Reese 

Bonds  to  Parrott  &  Co 

Bonds  to  A.  Curry,  for  Prison 


Total  amount  of  indebtednesss $264,110  47 


$39,110  47 

15,000  00 

150,000  00 

60,000  00 


[NOTE. — The  bonds  bear  interest  as  follows:  Keese  bonds,  ten  per  cent,  per  annum;  Par- 
rott &  Co.  bonds,  eighteen  per  cent,  per  annum,  and  the  Curry  bonds  ten  percent,  per  annum — 
all  payable  semi-annually.  They  are  due  as  follows: 

Reese  bonds,  Feb.  1,1865 $  5,000  00 

Reese  bonds,  Feb.  1,  1866 10,000  00 

Parrott  &  Co.  bonds,  Feb.  1,  1866 25,000  00 

Parrott  &  Co.  bonds,  Feb.  1,  1867 35,000  00 

Parrott  &  Co.  bonds,  Feb.  1,  1858 40,000  00 

Parrott  &  Co.  bonds,  Feb.  1,  1869 50,000  00 

Curry  bonds,  March  1,  1865 20,000  00 

Curry  bonds,  March  1,  1866 20,000  00 

Curry  bonds,  March  1,  1867 20,000  00 

Yery  respectfully, 

W.  W.  ROSS. 

Territorial  Auditor. 


REPORT 


OF     THE 


B  O^RD    OF 

PRISON  COMMISSIONERS. 


REPORT 


CARSON  CITY,  December  9,  1864. 
To  the  Hon.  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State  of  Nevada : 

In  compliance  with  a  law  passed  by  the  last  legislative  assembly  of  the 
Territory  of  Nevada,  constituting  the  undersigned  a  Board  of  Prison 
Commissioners,  and  defining  their  duties,  we  respectfully  beg  leave  to 
submit  the  following  report : 

The  purchase  of  the  building  in  use  for  the  Territorial  Prison,  with 
twenty  acres  of  land,  was  completed  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the 
Act,  the  Commissioners  deeming  it  proper  to  employ  legal  counsel  in 
settling  the  title  to  the  property. 

The  land  was  subsequently  included  in  an  entry  made  in  the  Land 
Office  in  this  city  by  Mr.  Alvah  Mitchell,  without,  however,  in  our 
opinion,  any  intention  on  his  part  adverse  to  the  interests  of  the  Terri- 
tory. Mr.  Mitchell  proffered  a  bond  obligating  himself  to  deed  the  pro- 
perty to  the  Territory  on  the  receipt  of  his  patent,  but,  fearing  the  valid- 
ity of  such  bond,  the  Commissioners  reported  the  case  to  the  General 
Land  Office  at  Washington,  requesting  a  suspension  of  the  same  until  the 
matter  could  be  investigated.  We  hand  you  herewith  a  copy  of  a  letter 
in  reply,  from  the  Department  of  the  Interior. 

The  Commissioners  took  possession  of  the  prison  on  the  first  day  of 
March,  1864,  and  appointed  Warden,  Guards,  and  such  employes  as  they 
thought  necessary  for  the  safe  keeping  and  management  of  the  convicts. 
Everything  was  in  a  crude  and  irregular  condition,  requiring  labor  and 
time  to  reduce  to  order  and  system;  however,  under  the  immediate 
superintendence  of  the  very  efficient  Warden,  the  prison  was  soon  in  a 
satisfactory  working  condition,  comparing  not  unfavorably  with  much 
older  institutions  of  the  kind. 

At  the  time  the  Commissioners  took  charge  of  the  prison  the  building 
contained  but  six  cells,  in  which  were  confined  eight  prisoners;  the 
number  of  convicts  rapidly  increased,  involving  the  necessity  of  enlarg- 
ing the  building  for  their  accommodation.  Accordingly,  a  substantial 
stone  addition  was  erected,  forty-one  (41)  feet  in  length  by  twenty-eight 
and  one-half  (28 £)  feet  in  width,  affording  room  for  thirty-two  (32)  cells, 
only  eight  of  which  we  found  it  necessary  to  complete. 

The  cost  of  this  building,  independent  of  the  convict  labor,  was  in  the 
vicinity  of  $4,000. 

The  present  monthly  expenses  of  maintaining  the  prison  average 
about  one  thousand  one  hundred  ($1,100)  dollars. 


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The  employes  consist  of  a  Warden,  with  a  salary  of  $150  per  month; 
four  Guards  and  a  Cook,  whose  pay  is  $60  per  month  each. 

We  submit  herewith  a  report  of  the  Warden,  containing  a  description 
of  the  prison  enlargement,  with  an  inventory  of  all  property  at  the 
prison. 

The  total  cost  of  maintaining  the  prison,  including  the  building  ac- 
count from  the  28th  day  of  February,  1864,  to  the  31st  day  of  Novem- 
ber, 1864,  has  amounted  to  $13,834  56.  The  amount  received  from  salo 
of  stone,  $537  80. 

The  demand  for  stone  during  the  yast  year  has  been  very  limited;  we 
anticipate,  however,  a  considerable  revenue  from  that  source  hereafter, 
and  believe  it  to  be  the  most  profitable  branch  of  industry  to  which  the 
convict  labor  can  at  present  be  applied.  The  quarry  is  apparently  inex- 
haustible, containing  stone  of  a  very  superior  quality  for  building  pur- 
poses. 

The  funds  in  the  Territorial  treasury  becoming  exhausted,  the  Com- 
missioners have  had  much  difficulty  in  procuring  the  necessary  supplies 
for  the  maintenance  of  the  prison,  becoming  personally  responsible  for 
the  same  until  the  collection  of  the  revenue  for  the  present  year.  The 
unpaid  bills  against  the  prison  to  the  1st  of  November  last,  amount  to 
three  thousand  two  hundred  dollars  and  eight  cents  ($3,200  08). 

The  health  of  the  prisoners  has  been  remarkably  good  during  the  year, 
and  the  general  condition  of  the  prison,  we  think,  highly  satisfactory. 

The  number  of  prisoners  now  in  the  prison  is  nineteen  (19). 

The  new  Board  of  Prison  Commissioners,  created  by  the  Constitution 
of  the  State  of  Nevada,  assumed  the  control  of  the  prison  on  the  5th  in- 
stant; to  them  we  have  handed  over  all  property  belonging  to  the  prison, 
together  with  all  papers  and  vouchers  appertaining  to  the  management 
of  the  prison. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

JOHN  H.  KINKEAD, 

Treasurer. 
W.  W.  BOSS, 

Auditor. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  INTERIOR,  GENERAL  LAND  OFFICE,         ") 

October  26,  1864.      j 

Orion  Clemens,  John  H.  Kinkead  and  W.  W.  Boss,  Territorial  Board  of 
Prison  Commissioners,  Carson  City,  Nevada  Territory: 

GE>TS: — In  reply  to  your  favor  of  the  9th  ult.,  I  have  to  state  that 
he  entry  of  Alvah  Mitchell,  referred  to,  No.  45,  SEJ  of  SBJ,  section  16, 
nd  SWJ  of  SWi  section  15,  T  15  N  of  R  20  E,  at  the  Land  Office  at 
Carson  City,  will  be  suspended  until  the  matter  can  be  full}7  investigated 
Yery  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

J.  M.  EDMUNDS, 

Commissioner. 


